Band-tailed Antwren (Myrmotherula urosticta)
About the Band-tailed Antwren
The band-tailed antwren (Myrmotherula urosticta) is a Vulnerable species of insectivorous bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic to Brazil. The band-tailed antwren was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1857 and given the binomial name Formicivora urosticta. The species is monotypic. The band-tailed antwren and the long-winged antwren (M. longipennis) form a superspecies.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 24 recordings for this species: 19 CC BY-NC-SA · 5 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Brazil in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Amazonian Streaked AntwrenMyrmotherula multostriatarecording
- Grey AntwrenMyrmotherula menetriesiirecording
- Long-winged AntwrenMyrmotherula longipennisrecording
- Moustached AntwrenMyrmotherula ignotarecording
- Pacific AntwrenMyrmotherula pacificarecording
- Plain-winged AntwrenMyrmotherula behnirecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.